jameswei
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| Why JVC XRCDs are so expensive? They price at what the market will bear. The premium price supports a high end aura for XRCDs. If it costs more, it must be worth more. I mean guys that pay $10,000 for some old tube circuit oughta be able to handle 25 bucks for a CD, right?OK, yo... | |
| Male Jazz singers - any recommendations? Can't really think of too many. Lots of blues singers that get close to jazz, but blues is not jazz. For real jazz, Bobby Short comes to mind, with his distinctive style. How about Harry Connick Jr? Is that jazz or just good crooning? For that mat... | |
| New Vinyl - Preferred labels? Groove Note does a good job on its vinyl issues. Three Blind Mice is very well done if you like small group acoustic jazz. Check with www.elusivedisc.com for availabilities. | |
| ML 390s vs. ML39 The 390s seems more dynamic and colorful, without overemphasizing any part of the frequency range. The 39 was also flat in frequency but felt more compressed. I have characterized this before as the 39 having a "New England" sound and the 390s sou... | |
| Recommended SACD of " Smooth Jazz " I've enjoyed Just Jobim by Manfredo Fest dmp SACD-05. | |
| Customer service? I had a similar positive experience with Thiel when I overtorqued a speaker wire connection nut and broke the post. They sent me out a replacement promptly, including silver solder! | |
| 'crackling'when using volume ctrl It could also be corrosion on the volume control or a bad capacitor in the preamp. | |
| What happened to Red Rose R3? I believe the rosebud is a smaller speaker at a lower price. I am guessing that it may have a better midrange but less bass extension. The R3 midrange was a little soft. Perhaps the bass driver was designed to provide better bass extension and cou... | |
| Best looking / worst looking amps & preamps I like blue lights so I'd like to nominate the new Pass X Series and the Hovland amps for good looks. I agree the Perreaux blob style was a turnoff, and their new look is much more palatable. | |
| Ugliest speaker ever? Second your nomination of the Avantgarde horns. | |
| Coolest looking speaker ever ? The Wilson Grand Slamms look like they're right out of Star Wars, especially with glossy paint. | |
| Which speaker for "bright" room? Brand A, B orC? I guess what it sounds like you're looking for is a speaker with a rolled off high end. Nowadays, even modestly-priced speakers have pretty decent high ends, and I don't know of any audiophile speakers that are really rolled off (almost by definit... | |
| How to Match Levels? Presumably, you have a mono switch in your system, probably at the preamp. If you use a sound level meter in the middle between your headphone speakers, you would play mono and adjust the balance to a maximum on the meter. I have the Radio Shack a... | |
| Recommended CD of " Smooth Jazz " Here are five smooth jazz "classics": Breezin by George Benson, Duotones by Kenny G, The In Crowd by Ramsey Lewis, A Day in the Life by Wes Montgomery, and Mister Magic by Grover Washington, Jr. For more recent work, I would go with Rar1's list of... | |
| wall to wall rug or linolium floor with area rug? I find the WATT can be a little hot at the top end. If you like that, a more reverberant environment is better. For a smoother presentation, use wall-to-wall carpeting. |